Be open to American people about drone strikes, John Brennan tells Obama

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John Brennan: people need to know the thresholds for actionYuri Gripas/Reuters

Alexandra FreanWashington

Last updated at 11:21PM, February 7 2013

John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to become head of the CIA, said that
the Obama Administration needed to be more open about its policy of targeted
drone strikes against terror suspects, insisting that the American people
needed to know “what are the thresholds for action”.

At a high stakes confirmation hearing during which he was questioned by
members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the CIA veteran appeared to
signal a new era of openness in US security operations, stressing that more
transparency was required. Politicians need to explain to Americans that the
purpose of the strikes was not to “punish”